しまう

Japanese

Alternative spellings
終う 了う 仕舞う 仕舞

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しまう [shìmáú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕima̠ɯ̟]

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "しまう"

Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	しまう	しまう	[shìmáú]
Imperative (命令形)	しまえ	しまえ	[shìmáé]
Key constructions
Passive	しまわれる	しまわれる	[shìmáwárérú]
Causative	しまわせる	しまわせる	[shìmáwásérú]
Potential	しまえる	しまえる	[shìmáérú]
Volitional	しまおう	しまおー	[shìmáóꜜò]
Negative	しまわない	しまわない	[shìmáwánáí]
Negative perfective	しまわなかった	しまわなかった	[shìmáwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal	しまいます	しまいます	[shìmáímáꜜsù]
Perfective	しまった	しまった	[shìmáttá]
Conjunctive	しまって	しまって	[shìmátté]
Hypothetical conditional	しまえば	しまえば	[shìmáéꜜbà]

Verb

しまう • (shimau) ^{←しまふ (simafu)?}godan (stem しまい (shimai), past しまった (shimatta))

as a standalone verb

1. to close
2. to finish, to do something completely
3. to put away, to put an end to

as an auxiliary after the conjunctive (-te form) of a verb

1. is, or was (with conjugation), done completely
2. happens, or happened, unexpectedly

   彼(かの)女(じょ)は大(おお)阪(さか)に行(い)ってしまいました。

   Kanojo wa Ōsaka ni itte shimaimashita.

   She just (up and went) to Osaka.

3. is done with difficulty
4. happens, or is done with regret afterwards

   あなたは笑(わら)われてしまうでしょう。

   Anata wa warawarete shimau deshō.

   You will be laughed at (and you won't like it).

Usage notes

• The auxiliary use is always appended to the conjunctive (-te form) of a verb.
• てしまう (-te shimau) and でしまう (-de shimau) can be contracted to ちゃう (-chau) and ぢゃう (-jau). These two forms conjugate like godan verbs and are often used in casual speech.

  忘(わす)れちゃった！ ― wasurechatta! ― I forgot!

• There are also ちまう (-chimau) and ぢまう (-jimau), which sound old-fashioned.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "しまう" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	しまわ	shimawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	しまい	shimai
Shūshikei ("terminal")	しまう	shimau
Rentaikei ("attributive")	しまう	shimau
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	しまえ	shimae
Meireikei ("imperative")	しまえ	shimae
Key constructions
Passive	しまわれる	shimawareru
Causative	しまわせる しまわす	shimawaseru shimawasu
Potential	しまえる	shimaeru
Volitional	しまおう	shimaō
Negative	しまわない	shimawanai
Negative continuative	しまわず	shimawazu
Formal	しまいます	shimaimasu
Perfective	しまった	shimatta
Conjunctive	しまって	shimatte
Hypothetical conditional	しまえば	shimaeba